East Bank Demerara Basketball Tournament

Herstelling and Prospect set up a semi-final showdown when both teams recorded victories in their quarter-final games as the East Bank Demerara Basketball tournament continued on Sunday.

Courts Pacesetters’ players Oral Webster and Clarence Blackman led Herstelling to a 35-32 win over Mocha- Arcadia on the Burnham Court. Webster scored 15 points while Blackman finished with 12 points.

Shawn Haynes and Kkalid Dawoo topped Mocha’s scoring with 12 and 10 points respectively to end the team’s run in the 2006/07 tournaments.

Prospect defeated Agricola 39-32 in the other quarter-final game to set up the clash with rivals, Herstelling. Quincy Boodhoo and Lance Gouviea scored 10 points each for Prospect while Agricola’s Carl Jackman ended with 15 points.

In the first game, Ravens’ Rodwell Fortune scored 16 points to lead McDoom to a 50-37 blow out of Supply/Soesdyke. Quincy Goodluck and Travis Burnette had 10 points each for McDoom. Vivian Alder and Lance Barker led the scoring for Supply with 10 and 15 points respectively.

McDoom snatched the last quarter- final spot with the victory and will play Barama for a semi-final place on Sunday.

The other quarter-final to be played will see Bagotstown come up against the highly regarded Grove team from 1 pm on Sunday at the Burnham Basketball Court. The winner of the two quarter-final games will play in the semi-final set for the following Sunday.

The top team in the tournament will take home $30,000 while second and third-placed teams will get $20,000 and $10,000, respectively. All three cash prizes will be given along with the respective trophies.

Individual prizes include Most Valuable Player, Most Rebounds, Most Assist, Most Steals, Most Blocks, Most Improved Player and Best Rookie awards. Giftland Office Max, Macorp, Terry Paton, Ulrick Ramanah and Hollow Blocks Master and Concrete products sponsored the tournament.